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Simulated terrestrial runoff shifts the metabolic balance of a coastal Mediterranean plankton community towards heterotrophy
MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France
Francesca Vidussi
MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France
Justine Courboulès
MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France
Marie Heydon
MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France
Sébastien Mas
MEDIterranean Platform for Marine Ecosystem Experimental Research (MEDIMEER), OSU OREME, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, CNRS, IRD, Sète, France
Florian Voron
MEDIterranean Platform for Marine Ecosystem Experimental Research (MEDIMEER), OSU OREME, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, CNRS, IRD, Sète, France
Carolina Cantoni
CNR-ISMAR, Instituto di Scienze Marine, Area Science Park, ed. Q2, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
Fabien Joux
Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
Behzad Mostajir
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MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Due to climate change, it is projected that extreme rainfall events, which bring terrestrial matter into coastal seas, will occur more frequently in the Mediterranean region. To test the effects of runoffs of terrestrial matter on plankton communities from Mediterranean coastal waters, an in situ mesocosm experiment was conducted. The simulated runoff affected key processes mediated by plankton, such as primary production and respiration, suggesting major consequences of such events.
Due to climate change, it is projected that extreme rainfall events, which bring terrestrial...
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